Well of Eida by KB Benson EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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TIB WOULD NEVER GET me killed.
Even still, my heart pounds into my sternum with each shallow breath
that fills my lungs. An unfamiliar wave of nausea roils in my stomach.
“Aribelle…”
I scrunch my nose and shove my anxiety deep inside myself.
“Formalities will get you nowhere, Tiberius.”
He hasn’t used my full name in years. Standing outside, Tib leans farther
in through the rough worn window, holding the curtain to the side. His
shaded features are nearly impossible to see against the backdrop of night.
“I would do almost anything for you, Tib.” I rub my arms to smother the
night’s subtle chill. Or maybe it’s the vision of what he asks of me that
crawls over my skin. “But not this. It goes against Bridgewick’s laws.”
“And since when has our village’s laws stopped us?” Tib baits, his voice
hushed.
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Never. The answer presses against my lips, but I force a hard swallow.
“This is different. It’s dangerous.”
The dozens of stories the elders told our village slam into my memory.
Vicious, blood-thirsty beasts. Brutal murders. Death’s cold, bitter end.
Entering the Enchanted Wood is a death sentence. Unless the elders
commission a villager to travel there, it’s strictly forbidden.
Tib lifts his hand and presses his palm against my cheek. Despite myself,
I lean my face into it. We’ve been betrothed for four years, and his touch
still sends heat through my skin. Though, it took every moment of those
years to forge our friendship and for that friendship to grow into something
stronger.
I’m not entirely sure when this forced arrangement turned to love, only
that it did. My skin tingles, and I swallow. A new wave of heat courses
through my cheeks. Thank the stars for the cover of darkness.
“And even if you don’t die,” I glance over my shoulder toward the
darkened house where Mother sleeps and lower my voice, “the elders
would imprison you for getting one of their trained fighters killed in the
forest.”
“Who says we’re going to get killed?” Tib lowers his hand and gives my
shoulder a light push. “Besides, we’ve all trained to defend Bridgewick and
one day face the dangers of the Well. If you die, there’s more where you
came from.”
“Why Tib, do you charm all the girls this way?” My knees ache pressed
against the stiff mattress beneath me, my bed wedged beneath the window.
Shifting my weight, I slip my feet under my thin blankets. “As tempting as
near-certain death sounds, you should leave.”
Tib’s smile slips, and the shadows swathing his face deepen. A veil of
melancholy fills my thatch home.
“What is it?” I whisper.
Tib drops his head until his eyes are hidden from mine. Not that I could
see them anyway with the moon at his back.
“It’s my mum.” Tib’s hushed voice cracks, a sound as sharp and as brittle
as the edge of a broken sword. “She’s ill.”
My reluctance snuffs out like a dying candle. My fear. My anxiety. It’s
gone, a flame capped without any oxygen to feed it. “Why didn’t you tell
me?” I whisper.
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